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| Nuke | Feb 22 2009, 02:27 AM Post #41 |
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Interesting idea. Are there any other Tau weapons (hell, any weapons in general) that we could also add to the chart? |
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| Flawless Cowboy | Feb 25 2009, 10:59 AM Post #42 |
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Railguns could be added to the list |
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| Britannia | Feb 25 2009, 11:30 AM Post #43 |
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I've been using Magnetic Accelerators and Meson Guns in place of Railguns, since they are essentially the same sort of thing. If you want a WMD Railgun, just use Mass Drivers. There isnt a whole lot of difference between a Magnetic Accelerator and a Railgun. |
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| The Dragon | Feb 25 2009, 12:42 PM Post #44 |
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actually a menson is very different, it creats disruptions in space rather than firing projectiles. (one of the only weapons I know that a ships configuration is a factor on hits or not (a sphere is easier to hit than say a needle or dispersed.) |
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| Trostia | Feb 25 2009, 09:18 PM Post #45 |
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A railgun is a magnetic accelerator, and technically any magnetic accelerator can be a mass driver. But not all magnetic accelerators or mass drivers are railguns. The main alternative to a railgun is a coilgun. But you could call these whatever you like. Gauss guns, MACs, whichever. Very technically a particle beam weapon is a magnetic accelerator too, with just very small (atomic or sub atomic particle sized) masses and very high speeds. Mesons are a type of subatomic particle, which is why Traveller (I think) uses meson cannons. I don't know what a "menson" is however and suspect it's a particle of handwavium. |
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| Hawkeye | Feb 25 2009, 09:40 PM Post #46 |
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Yeah, as a physicist I just assumed the "menson" was a misspelling of meson. A meson gun would thus be a particle accelerator. A coilgun also only differs from a railgun in that a coilgun is a solenoid. |
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| Flawless Cowboy | Mar 1 2009, 04:05 PM Post #47 |
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How about weapons designed specifically for orbital bombardment? |
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| Hawkeye | Mar 1 2009, 05:30 PM Post #48 |
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Magnetic Accelerator Cannons, Kinetic Turrets, Particle Accelerators (what do you think cosmic radiation is?), Missiles (especially nuclear) would all be very destructive as orbital bombardment weapons. |
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| The Dragon | Mar 3 2009, 03:01 PM Post #49 |
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and lets not forget the use of the gravity well with towed asteroids and such
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| Britannia | Mar 3 2009, 10:50 PM Post #50 |
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Ill be sure to update my fleet schematics, roster and loadouts shortly. These changes are critical to my fleet in particular, given its reliance on gunships, dropships and troop actions. Thank you for these changes. I shall be sure to comment on them after Ive made the necessary edits. |
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